US Publishes A Video Message in Support of Iranians on Yalda Night
By Kayhan Life Staff
The U.S. State Department has issued a video wishing Iranians around the world a happy Yalda. It also said that the U.S. would continue offering its support to Iranians calling for...
Islamic Republic’s Human Rights Violations Come Under International Scrutiny
By Ahmad Rafat
The violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has become the focus of intense international attention in the past few weeks.
On Dec.10, coinciding with World Human Rights Day in...
Iranians Are Emigrating In Staggering Numbers, Causing Massive Brain Drain
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranians are migrating to foreign countries in shockingly high numbers, leading experts to warn that the nation's human capital is being eroded. Yet the government does not appear willing to address...
Swedish Court Upholds Life Sentence in Iran Executions Case
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson
STOCKHOLM, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a...
UK Sanctions Iran Officials Over Forced Hijab Law
By Natasha Phillips
The UK government sanctioned five men in Iran on Dec. 8 for their roles in the implementation of the Islamic Republic’s forced hijab law. It also sanctioned the men for grave human...
Islamic Republic Faces Powerful New Wave of Protests, Labor Strikes
By Ahmad Rafat
A new wave of protests and strikes by various trade unions and guilds has spread throughout Iran in the past few weeks. This wave differs in many important respects from the demonstrations...
Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize Winner Fear They Won’t See Her Again
STORY/REUTERS: Narges Mohammadi, 51, who is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on charges including spreading propaganda, won the award on Oct. 6 in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders, prompting the...
US Sanctions Iranian Officers Accused of Targeting of u.s. Officials
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States issued fresh human rights-related sanctions on Friday targeting individuals in multiple countries, according to a post on a the U.S. Department of Treasury website.
The new sanctions target Chinese, Iranian...
Islamic Republic Enables ‘Large Scale Gender Apartheid,’ Says UN Special Rapporteur on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
“Large-scale gender apartheid is being permitted” in Iran, where acts of gender-based violence are being committed, according to Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. He made the...
Jailed Nobel Winner Mohammadi to Continue Protests, She Says in Smuggled Letter
STOCKHOLM, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi will continue her fight for human rights even if it leads to her death, she said in a letter smuggled out from prison and published on...
